ANNUAL ACTIVITIES OF MADEIRA ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM (2/1/2019 até 12/31/2019)WORKSHOP “HANDS THAT GIVE ME AFFECTION AND WEAVE THREADS”Weaving activity is here approached in a motivating and interactive manner. Through practicing, making flowers and carpets with the museum’s loom, sharing knowledge and led by the local weaver.Target Audience: All publicsSchedule: By prior booking by email or telephone.Aims: To allow a better understanding of the “know how” of weavers, a forgotten profession, always preserving and conveying t

ANNUAL ACTIVITIES OF MADEIRA ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM (2/1/2019 até 12/31/2019)“Sardas Discovers the Museum”Throughout the year, at the opening hours of the museum.Proposed activity for children and young visitors to the museum.Pedagogical exploration game about the museum for young people visiting the museum, designed by Deebook Publisher for the Museum Educational Services.

ANNUAL ACTIVITIES OF MADEIRA ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM (2/1/2019 até 12/31/2019)“PLAYING LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS”This activity will be developed in OTL - “Museum, Leisure Place”, in the museum’s garden.Aims: “Playing like in the old days” is a project of the Educational Services, which aims to make known, value and encourage the practice of traditional games.Encouraging children and young people to practice these games, with centuries-old traditions in our archipelago and with them enjoy moments of fun and joy, is the first intention of this

History Tellers - Discovering the City (2/1/2019 até 12/31/2019)Monday to Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Guided tour through the streets of the city promoted by the University of Madeira Students’ UnionTarget audience: childreen and youngsters (until 16 years old)Meeting-point: La Vie Shopping CentreAll those who wish to partake should contact: 291 705 060

“FESTIVALS AND ROMARIAS DA MADEIRA” (6/27/2019 até 11/24/2019)Itinerant Exhibition of the Ethnographic Museum of Madeira (MEM).In all the parishes’ religious or pilgrimage festivals are celebrated, consecrated to god, to the Holy Spirit, to Our Lady and to the Saints, represented by a relic or by an image.The feast also contemplates the profane part that is the “Arraial,” as it is popularly known. It is the space where one dances, sings, eats, realizes commercial exchanges, dates, etc.

"Artefacts IN PALMITO" (7/2/2019 até 9/15/2019)Madeira Theme Park - SantanaThis exhibition aims to show the artisans and the processes of confection of the artifacts in palm hearts (palm leaves), especially the Porto Santo hats, made by the artisans Maria Otília Melim and Salomé Melim.